Woman turns away robber in PV parking lot

PV Aldermen to vote on budget in May
The city budget for 2016-2017 will
go before The Town of Pleasant
View Board of Mayor and Alderman for approval on May 10 during
the regular scheduled board meeting.
Pleasant View Parks and Recreation requested The Town of
Pleasant View Board of Mayor and
Alderman review a recommenda-
tion of the sponsorship sign policy.
Parks and recreation are considering potential fundraisers to raise
funds for Pleasant View’s Community Park. Suggestions have been
made to sell signs for sponsorship
purposes to be hung on the fences
at the city ball fields. Previously
the athletic associations have sold
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Woman turns away
robber in PV parking
lot
Monday, April 25, 2016, John Mueller and George Leasure, Members of North Cheatham Civitan Club
and Executive Director, Misty Keenan, of Cheatham County Chamber of Commerce, break ground at
Pleasant View Community Park in preparation of further developments to begin at The Veterans Memorial of Pleasant View. —Photo Tonya Steele
An employee of Dunkin Donuts in Pleasant View reported an attempted robbery in
the parking lot on Tuesday morning around
11:34 a.m.
Pleasant View Police report an 18-yearold female employee was sitting in her car
on a break smoking a cigarette when the
suspect approached her. The suspect was
described as a white male wearing a black
hoodie, camo-colored cargo pants, brown
boots, and sunglasses.
The victim said the man had a brown
colored beard with some white or gray and
acne on his face and weighed approximately 190 pounds.
The suspect said, “Give me everything
Continued, ROBBER, p. 6
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Cheatham Crime
Corey Dewayne Binkley, 26, 2085
Ridge Circle, Joelton, was charged
on April 25 with simple possession
of schedule VI drug.
Janie Marie Dabney, 50, 119 Margo
Court, Joelton, was charged with a
worthless check on April 20.
Candi Michelle Lee, 33, 1727 Old
Clarksville Pike, Chapmansboro,
was arrested and charged with
possession of schedule II drug and
failure to appear on April 21.
Melody Marie Jeffery, 40, 2052
Bandy Road, Ashland City, was
arrested and charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession
of methamphetamines, and possession of drug paraphernalia on
April 21.
Robert Samuel Jeffery, 40, 2052
Bandy Road, Ashland City, was
arrested and charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession
of methamphetamines, and possession of drug paraphernalia on
April 21.
Anthony Leon Capley, 46, 3616
Sweethome Road, Ashland City,
was arrested on April 21 and
charged with driving on revoked,
suspended or cancelled license.
Kevin Park Turner, 24, 7123 Douglas Road, Joelton, was charged on
April 21 with simple possession of
schedule VI drug.
Michael Lee Gwynne, 18, 5134
Cotton Patch Road, Joelton, was
charged with possession of schedule VI drug, possession of drug
paraphernalia, and underage consumption/ 18-21-responsibility act
on April 22.
Austin Cody Short, 20, 3666 Forte
Road, Joelton, was charged on April
24 with possession of schedule VI
drug, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jessica Perry, 25, 5729 Eatons Creek
Road, Joelton, was charged with
possession of schedule VI drug on
April 24.
Casie J. Willis, 33, 2706 Longstreet
Ave., Pleasant View, was charged on
April 23 with driving on a revoked,
suspended or cancelled license.
Julie Ann Bender, 32, 3355 Dunn
Road, Cedar Hill, was arrested on
May 02, 2016
April 24 and charged with DUI and
three counts of child endangerment.
Jason Richard Rashley, 43, 1167
Oak Plains Road, Clarksville, was
charged with theft on April 25.
Paulina Grace O’Neal, 23, 2640
Old Clarksville Pike, #307, Ashland
City, was charged with driving on
a revoked, suspended or cancelled
license on April 25.
Ramiro Rodrigez Botello, 18, 1207
Maplewood Road, Ashland City,
was charged with simple possession of schedule VI drug on April
25.
Ronnie Lynn Watkins, 40, 1345
Harristown Road, Ashland City,
was charged on April 26 with domestic assault.
Adam Michael Clinard, 32, 305
Sanders Lane, Ashland City, was
charged with violation of protection/ restraining order on April 26.
Jimmy Phillip Barrett, 44, 935
Giant Oak Drive, Nashville was
charged on April 26 with theft,
forgery, worthless check, passing
(uttering) forged instrument, and
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failure to appear.
Volleyball wanted at Community Park
A vandalism report was filed at
3661 Sweethome Road, Ashland
City, on April 21.
Volleyball is wanted at Pleasant
View’s Community Park after Play
Day in the Park, held Saturday,
April 23, coinciding with Friday’s
Earth Day Holiday.
Following Saturday’s event, Kelly
Ellis, Chairman of the Pleasant
View’s Park and Recreation Board,
stated Monday, April 25, during the
parks and recreation board meeting, she and other board members
were asked by several attendees to
consider a permanent volleyball
area at Pleasant View’s Community
Park.
A portable volleyball net was set
up for the event. Board members
stated adults, teens and children
were constantly playing volleyball
during the five-hour event.
During Monday’s meeting a motion was made to consider a permanent volleyball area at the park.
Members approved the motion
agreeing to research expenses associated with installing a volleyball
area. Further consideration of the
potential project will be discussed
during upcoming meetings.
If the parks board agrees, after reviewing requested research, to further pursue the potential project, a
request of recommendation will be
presented to The Town of Pleasant
View Board of Mayor and Alderman. Depending on the decision of
city officials will determine if parks
and recreation could further pursue
the possibility of volleyball at Pleasant View’s community park.
Chairman Kelly Ellis, Vice Mayor Danny Rediker and member
Susanne Crowe, during Monday’s
meeting, discussed making Play
Day in the Pars an annual event co-
On April 21, a theft was reported
at 1709 Bearwallow Road, Ashland
City.
Theft was reported on April 23 at
2015 Milliken Road, Joelton.
There was a theft from a building
reported on April 25 at 1029 Oakwood Road, Joelton.
An auto burglary with vandalism
was reported on Water Plant Road,
Ashland City, on April 24.
Vandalism was reported at 1240
Harristown Road, Ashland City, on
April 24.
A theft from a building was reported on April 25 at 1029 Cagle Road,
Ashland City.
Theft and trespassing were reported at 1319 Cheatham Dam Road,
Ashland City, on April 25.
Be Thankful!
inciding each year with Earth Day
in April. Board members Jesse
Edmondson and Rachel Cunningham were absent from Monday’s
meeting.
Community residents and visitors
attending the event participated in
various activities including, but not
limited to, badminton, horseshoes,
kickball, corn hole and volleyball.
Additional activities included yoga,
soccer demonstrations, gymnastic
and cheer instruction. Attendees
also enjoyed picnic lunches from
home but food trucks were available for food purchases.
Various vendors participated in
Saturday’s event but not all who
agreed to participate attended,
disappointing park board members.
Members discussed advertising
strategies to include more interested vendors, activities and community involvement if the event
becomes an annual event.
North Cheatham County Civitan Club members were available
during the event to discuss The Veterans Memorial of Pleasant View.
Information was provided to those
interested in ordering an engraved
brick to honor a fallen soldier, veterans who’ve served in the armed
forces or reserves.
A Ground-Breaking Ceremony
was held at the site of The Veterans
Memorial of Pleasant View in the
community park on Monday, April
25, in preparation of the next phase
of the project. The civitan club
anticipates purchased and received
bricks to be placed at the memorial
in time for Veteran’s Day in November.
Continued, VOLLEYBALL, p. 16
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ALLEN, Mildred Irene, age 75, went
to be with the Lord on Tuesday,
April 26, 2016. She was born on
July 9, 1940, in Nashville to Herbert
Cantrell and Lucille Young Cantrell.
She was a wife to her husband, Bill
for 57 years and mother to her three
children, Debbie, Tim and Cindy.
She is preceded in death by her
parents, Herbert and Lucille
Cantrell; husband,
Bill Allen; and
brother, Robert
Cantrell. She is
survived by her
three children,
Debbie Newell,
Cindy Krantz, and Tim Allen and
his wife Nicola; brother, Herbert
Alton Cantrell; sisters, Ruth Langley
(Rogers), Carolyn Wilkes (Joe), and
Pam Haight; grandchildren, Chapple and Travis Arnold, Caleb Newell, Dache and Nick Hamilton, Addie and Chase LaMontagne, Brent
Allen, Ryan Allen, Kaelan Allen and
Josh Allen; and great-grandchildren,
Avery, Jaggar, Harper, Knox, and
Kynslie. Funeral service was April
29, 2016. Burial followed in Young’s
Family Cemetery beside her beloved
husband. Cheatham County Funeral Home.
FITTS, Johnny Wayne, Jr., age 33,
passed away at his home on Sunday,
April 24, 2016. He was born August 3, 1982, in Nashville to Johnny
Wayne Fitts, Sr., and Beverly Geneine Martin. He
was a Graduate
of Cheatham
County Central
High School. He
worked at Gate
Precast Concrete.
He is preceded
in death by his
stepmother, Jennifer Anne Fitts. He is survived by his
parents, Johnny Wayne Fitts, Sr., and
Beverly Geneine Martin; maternal
grandparents, Alvin and Betty Gilbert; children, Johnny Wayne Fitts
III, Savannah Fitts, Michael Fitts,
and their mother, Kelly Clifton; and
three youngest children, Trenton
Fitts, Taylor Fitts, Ryan Fitts, and
their mother, Jackie Mullins; brothers, Walter (Kayla) Fitts and Jay
Quintin Wordlaw; sisters, Cheryl
Fitts, Kathy Ledbetter and Lindsey
Ledbetter (Trey); a host of nieces
and nephews. Funeral service was
April 28, 2016. Burial followed in
Bethlehem Cemetery in Ashland
City. Cheatham County Funeral
Home.
ALLIE BRENDA GIVAN, age 81,
passed away at Christian Care of
Cheatham County on Tuesday,
April 26, 2016. She was born in
Cheatham County, Tennessee, on
December
11, 1934, to
H.D. Gupton
and Wanda Shearon
Gupton. She
worked in
clerical for
the State of
Tennessee.
She is pre-
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ceded in death
by her husband,
Paul Givan. She
is survived by
her nieces, Dixie, Donna and
Debra. Graveside
service was April
27, 2016, in WillSmith Cemetery in Ashland City.
Cheatham County Funeral Home.
ETHEL LOUISE BAGWELL
HUNTER, age 92, went home to
Heaven April 25, 2016, at Montgomery County Signature Health.
She was born March 29, 1924, in
Thomasville (Cheatham County),
Tennessee. She worked for Acme
Boot Company, retired from Montgomery County
Nursing Home,
and as a private
healthcare sitter. She loved
sewing, quilting,
canning, reading,
teaching children at her home
church. Most of
all she loved her family and rejoiced
as the circle grew. She was a lifelong member of Mallory’s United
Methodist Church in Thomasville,
Tennessee. Ethel is survived by
4 sons: Gary (Connie) Hunter of
Fairview, TN; Stanley (Kay) of
Clarksville, TN; Bobby (Beverly)
of Joelton, TN; and Keith (Kaye)
Hunter of Adams, TN; 7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 2
great-great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by her husband of
58 years, Robert D. Hunter; one infant son who died at birth August of
1957; her parents, Samuel and Wm.
G. and Nancy C. Satterfield Bagwell;
5 brothers, Frazier, Allen, E.George,
F. Grover, and Fred Bagwell; 2 sis-
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PV Robbery
(cont. from p. 1)
you got” as he had his “hand in his
jacket pocket” and reportedly was
pointing something at her.
The victim told investigators she
never saw weapon. The suspect told
the suspect she did not have anything and then threw her cigarette
on the ground, shut and locked her
car door. The suspect reportedly
fled on foot from the scene toward
nearby woods near the interstate.
Authorities searched the general
area, but did not find the suspect.
The Cheatham County Sheriff ’s
Department assisted in the investigation.
—Kerry McCarver
ters, Catherine and Ruby.
Funeral service was Friday, April
29, 2016. She will be laid to rest
beside her husband, Robert, at
Mallory’s Cemetery in Thomasville.
Cheatham County Funeral Home.
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Tunsil’s bumbling confirm
Titans made right choice
War Eagles clinch #1 seed in District 9-AA
Sycamore finishes
11-1, will host half
of district tourney
By Lawrence Gunnells
I-24 Exchange Sports Editor
Tennessee Titans General Manager
John Robinson looked like a rock star a
couple of weeks ago when he traded the
#1 pick in the 2016 draft for a bevy of
picks this year and next. But the string
of events on Thursday, the first day of
the draft, may have improved his image
even more.
The assumption had been before the
trade that the Titans would use the #1
pick to choose Laremy Tunsil, a mammonth athetic left tackle from Ole Miss.
Tunsil is generally thought to be “can’t
miss,” a sure Pro Bowl lineman for
years to come, and more than capable
of protecting the Titans’ most important
investment, Marcus Mariotta.
But there were questions about Tunsil’s durability and reliability. He had
been injured several times, missing numerous games. But more glaring were
the off-the-field incidences, including a
suspension that caused him to miss several games last year.
On Thursday night, social media did
Tunsil in, as he plummeted down to the
13th spot. Tennessee traded up from
It was another big week for Daniel
Smiley’s Sycamore War Eagles in a
season of big weeks.
Victories over White House Heritage on Monday and Tuesday gave
Sycamore the regular season “championship” with an 11-1 record, earning them the top seed in the District
9-AA tournament, and the right to
host half of the tournament, which
starts on next Friday, May 6.
The War Eagles, now 26-4 overall,
have two games remaining in the regular season, hosting #1 CPA on Friday (April 29), and celebrating Senior
Night on Tuesday versus Springfield.
White House High, which finished
second, will host the other half of the
bracket.
Sycamore’s tourney will begin at
4:30 PM with Game One with #4 seed
White House Heritage playing the #6
seed which will be either Cheatham
County Central or Westmoreland.
Those teams will face off in a “playin” game on Thursday.
The winner of the 4:30 game will
play Sycamore at 7:30 PM in Game
Two.
The losers of those games will play
on in Game Three on Saturday at 1
PM, with the loser of that game being
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eliminated (double elimination).
The winners of Game Two and Game
Three will meet in Game Four on Monday, May 9 at 5 PM. A second game
may be necessary if neither teams has
two losses, and that game would be
played immediately after. The winner
of the Sycamore bracket will play in
the District Championship against the
winner of the White House bracket on
Tuesday, May 10, which the higher remaining seed hosting the game.
Sycamore was 3-1 on the week.
Last Friday, the War Eagles faced
Spring Hill, in what was hoped to be
a revenge win over a non-league team
still ranked very high in the state. Sycamore led going into the bottom of the
sixth, 4-3, but a three-run home run put
the hosts up 6-4, and War Eagles suffered their fourth loss of the season.
On Monday, they hosted White
House Heritage in what was expected
to be a close game and a possible district-clinching event. Heritage went up
2-0 in the first inning, but in the bottom
of the second, Sycamore scored seven
runs in an offensive explosion. They
added three each in the third and fourth
innings, and went on to win 13-2, end-
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Bailey Baker and Kyle Spurlock each
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his record to 8-0 on the season with the
complete game victory. Sims gave up
five hits with three strikeouts, but had
zero earned runs.
Sycamore did get the clincher on
Tuesday when they beat Heritage, 3-0,
in White House.
Blake Strassburg (6-2) got the complete game shut-out, allowing only four
hits. Baker and Spurlock were again the
RBI hitters, but Carson Guidino led the
way with a 2-for-3 night.
On Thursday, Sycamore played Davidson Academy in a non-district game
at Austin Peay State’s field, winning
7-4.
Sycamore broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom
of the fifth, when Hunter Collinsworth,
Jake McCoy, and Matt Brown each had
RBIs to secure the win. Mitchell Langley got the win on the mound.
The win was the War Eagles’ 26th of
the year, setting a new school record for
wins in a season. The previous record of
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two games in the district tournament.
their 15th spot to #8, and the immediate
speculation was they would get Tunsil
there. But the Titans chose Jack Conklin, a left tackle from Michigan State
instead, after a photo of Tunsil apparently smoking pot appeared on Twitter,
and a text conversation of Tunsil asking
for money from an Ole Miss coach appeared on Instagram.
The fall from the top spot to #13 costs
Tunsil several million dollars in compensation. But the revelations concievably saved the Titans from a possible
bust on their first round pick. They got
a left tackle, the one considered the second highest rated at the position, and a
much safer pick under the circumstances.
Tennessee’s offensive line composition is looking stronger. There was
still no final determination that Taylor
Lewan, the Titans’ current left tackle,
would not remain in the position. His
development has been slower than the
team hoped. But now they have a choice
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What can Brown do for you? Play
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Since most of the awards were determined by statistics, Brown’s all-around
ability was magnified by the number of
plaques he received Sunday.
Brown won (or tied) for Most Deflections, Most Charges Drawn, Most
Steals, Most Rebounds, Most Assists,
Best Free Throw Percentage, Best
Two-point Field Goal Percentage, Best
Three-Point Field Goal Percentage,
Most Valuable Player, and Student Athlete Award.
Needless to say he will be missed by
the basketball program, and even though
he is extremely talented on the court, his
basketball career is likely over for good.
Despite his physical stature (5’9”)
it’s difficult to believe there’s no a college somewhere who would recognize
God-given ability.
Brown was embarassed by all of the
attention shown to him. He is above all
things a team-player and would rather
have spread the awards around much
more. But the stats don’t lie.
Look for a complete list of all the
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Property rezone considered in Pleasant View
Properties located along 41A alongside Interstate 24 could be rezoned
from Industrial to commercial. The
industrial zoning for this area is for
developments of special impact facilities that could contribute to polluting the air with hazardous chemicals
and pollutants.
Pleasant View Board of Mayor and
Alderman discussed the potential
rezoning during their workshop held
on Monday, April 25 and Pleasant View’s Planning Commission
reviewed the rezone with Building
Commissioner Mark Goins during
their monthly board meeting held
on Tuesday, April 26 at city hall.
Currently parcels owned by David
Berg considered for rezoning include
map and parcels (010 25.00) 7.95
acres (010 25.05) 4.95 acres (010
25.01) 32 acres.
Additional acreage considered in
the rezoning include map and parcel
(010 25.02) 1.86 acres owned by
Thomas and Stacia Hadley; Map and
Parcel (010 24.00) 6356 Highway
41A, 1 acre, owned by Emory Henry
11.
Property owners have agreed to
have the parcels rezoned from Industrial to commercial. The city is
unable to rezone the parcels without
owners consent and property owners
can retract their decision before the
approval process is completed.
The rezoning would benefit the
whole community, not only the
property owners. The property is
zoned I-2, Industrial 2, meaning the
property is zoned for Special Impact
Facilities.
Special Impact Facilities allowed to
be developed under the I-2 zoning include the following: Atomic
Reactors, Arsenals, Explosives and
Storage Manufacturers, Hazardous
Waste, Solid Waste Landfills, Solid
Waste Process and Recycling, Waste
Incinerators including hospital and
medical wastes.
The zoning of the property took
place under county ordinances before Pleasant View became it’s own
city municipality within the county.
Developing the property hasn’t been
an issue in recent years but potential
growth developments could be hindered if zoning isn’t changed.
Building Commissioner Mark
Goins brought the issue before
commissioners of the planning and
zoning board recommending the
property be rezoned if property
owners were in agreement. Property
owners agreeing to the rezone will
not be charged any rezoning fees
since the city is seeking the rezone.
City officials along with commissioners do not want facilities developed placing residents, children and
local businesses at risk to potential
health hazards from any pollutants
or wastes attributed with special impact facilities.
Additionally property values
would possibly decrease if special
impact facilities were developed. If
rezoned to C-2, Commercial, developments could increase the value
of properties, benefiting the city,
business owners and community
residents.
The Pleasant View Planning Commission seeks city approval to move
forward with the rezoning process.
If approved by city officials during
the May 10th board meeting, the
planning commission will move
forward approving the rezone on
first and second reading.
It will take an estimated three
months before the property is rezoned if all approvals are rendered.
The planning commission is closer
to allowing property owners to use
detached accessory structures for
home occupation purposes. Homeowners will be required, if approved,
to purchase a two-year permit and
adhere to the provisions in the city
ordinance or risk having their permit revoked.
Homeowners living within developments with restrictions will
have to adhere to the covenants of
the development regardless of the
city ordinance allowances. Home
occupations could only be allowed
in restricted developments if the
covenant expires.
Commissioners are reviewing the
criteria to allow for home occupations. They are also reviewing the
size allowance of detached accessory
buildings in comparison with the
home on the property.
Currently Pleasant View has several
residents with detached accessory
buildings larger than their home.
These properties would be grandfathered in the ordinance but concerns
were brought before the board about
the property being sold to a new
owner and how to accommodate
the ordinance to include provisions
addressing the concern.
Properties zoned for agricultural
would not be held to the standards
of residential properties. Agricultural zoned properties are allowed to
have detached structures larger than
their home to accommodate agricultural purposes.
The proposed standard will continue to be reviewed by the planning commission. The Planning
Commission will meet at city hall
for their monthly workshop on May
10 at 6:00 p.m. The Board of Mayor
and Alderman will meet for their
monthly board meeting following
the planning commission. The public is encouraged to attend.
Tonya Steele
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Cheatham County School District seeks applicants for teachers,
counselors, and administrators in all grade levels for the 2016-2017
school year. The following areas are also accepting applications: Transportation, Nutrition, and Pre K.
Candidates should apply through the district website
http://ww
http://www.cheathamcountyschools.net/pages/CCB. Complete
applications will be considered for the 2016-2017 school year.
The Cheatham County School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Anyone interested in obtaining a
brick can contact North Cheatham
Civitan Club of Pleasant View.
Contact information provided by
the Cheatham County Chamber of
Commerce Website, Gary or Leslie
Benmark at 615-504-6764 or John
or Judy Mueller at 615-746-4200.
The club also has a Facebook page.
The parks board mission for
Saturday’s event was to increase
awareness of the community park’s
amenities, discuss future potential
projects, obtain recommendations
from the public of what they’d like
considered at the park, celebrate
Earth Day and to bring the community together at the park for a
day of fun. Members of the parks
board stated how appreciative they
were for any and all contributions
from the community making Saturday’s event a success.
Monday, May 23, 2016 at 6:00
p.m. Pleasant View Parks and Recreation Board will meet at Pleasant
View City Hall for their monthly
meeting. The community is always
encouraged and welcomed to
attend.
Tonya Steele
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May 02, 2016
School Board begins budget
considerations
Budget considerations were presented to school board members Thursday, during their monthly workshop. Considerations presented for budget review have board members concerned about how the budget needs
will be met for the 2016-2017 budget year.
Director of Schools Stan Curtis cautioned the board about employee
benefit increases to the budget. According to Curtis, insurance could
increase by an estimated 30%, negatively affecting an already difficult
budget.
Additionally, lawsuit settlements pending judgment could adversely
affect the school systems budget.
TNReady assessment testing has been suspended for grades 3-8 due
to materials not received in a timely manner this past week. Students
had already taken Math and Language Arts Assessments before testing
was suspended. Students in grades K-2 and 9-12 continued assessment
testing.
A short presentation to address concerns regarding the assessments and
how it will affect the school district will be given Monday, May 2 during
the school district’s board meeting.
Ethical policies are set by the State of Tennessee for educational institutions to follow. District school systems are unable to host fundraising
events for a specific individual, community member or student under
the policy. Clubs established with students, overseen by adult leadership,
can hold events, raising funds to delegate to an individual in the community or a family in need of assistance.
Cheatham County School Board will meet Monday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m.
in the boardroom of the Educational Annex Building in Ashland City.
The public is encouraged to attend meetings.
—Tonya Steele
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signs for sponsorships to local
businesses and any business wanting to purchase a sign for advertising purposes during the ball
season.
City officials also discussed potentially selling signs and placing
them on the fenced area at community park instead of the fields at
Balthrop Park or the field behind
Pleasant View Elementary. The discussion further included consideration to work with the local soccer
organization since any funding
received would benefit their organization.
Funding earned from sponsorship
signs would be used to improve
Pleasant View’s Community Park.
Officials on the parks board and
board of mayor and alderman have
considered designating the funding
toward seeding and liming the field.
Additional suggestions included
working with the athletic associations and split the funding received
from the sell of the signs.
Mayor Keenan suggested the
recommendation to sell sponsorship signs be sent back to the parks
board for further consideration of
how to obtain sponsorships, de-
termine costs of signs and how to
delegate funding and which organizations would receive funding.
Rediker spoke up during the
meeting asking, “Is this something
we want to explore?”
Rediker stated he didn’t want the
parks board to further entertain the
idea of selling signs for sponsorships if the city did not approve the
idea.
“I don’t want to see them (the
parks board) waste their time on
this and then it turn around and be
denied by us,” stated Rediker.
Board members agreed meetings
would need to be held to discuss
who would sell signs and where the
money would be allocated. Members of both the parks board and
board of mayor and alderman stated they were willing to work with
the athletic associations if approval
was granted to move forward exploring the sponsorship sign policy.
During Monday’s workshop city
officials reviewed the city budget to
address pay scale and job description criteria required to be provided within the proposed budget.
Job descriptions and pay scales
remained the same in the proposed
budget line items with the exception to include a part-time Community Planner.
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Several surrounding counties have
full-time community planners to
help the building commissioner and planning commission to
oversee city ordinances and ensure legalities are covered in the
ordinances. According to Goins a
full-time city planner could make
approximately $60,000.00, depending upon the city and their demographics.
If a Community Planner is approved they will receive a salary of
approximately $6,000.00 annually,
equating to an estimated monthly
salary of $500.00. City officials will
review how to allocate the funds
per number hours worked each
week or month and the job description criteria, if the position is
approved.
Mark Goins, Building Commissioner, presented names of candidates to consider for a Construction Board of Appeals. Currently
Pleasant View does not have an
appeals board. Board members of
an appeal board would meet if a
resident, developer or contractor
were denied approval from Pleasant
View Planning Commission and
wanted to appeal the
decision. A Construction Board of
Appeals would decide whether or not
to uphold the planning commission’s
decision or seek
reconsideration
from the board.
Potential candidates are required
to have experience in their area
of expertise to be
considered. Goins
May 02, 2016
stated each candidate suggested had
agreed fill the member position of
the appeals board, if city officials
approved the board. Candidates
recommended for consideration for
a seat on the board include, Mark
Whitworth, Allen Nicholson, Jeff
Haskin, Kevin Walker and Mark
Fields.
The Town of Pleasant View Board
of Mayor and Alderman meet each
month on the second Tuesday to
hold board meetings. The next
board meeting will be on Tuesday,
May 10, at 7:00 p.m. at city hall to
vote on agenda items discussed
during the work session and the
city budget for 2016-2017 will go
before the board on first reading.
Last week’s article stated the
budget would be voted on during
Monday’s April 25 meeting. Retracting that statement for clarification, Monday, April 25, The Town
of Pleasant View Board of Mayor
and Alderman held a work session
to prepare for May’s board meeting. City officials are unable to vote
on any agenda items during work
sessions.
—Tonya Steele
Trtistan at Opry
Tristan McIntosh, Pleasant View’s own star on American Idol, will make
her debut on The Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, May 14, at 7 PM. To get
your tickets, you can call 1-800-733-6779, go the Grand Ole Opry website
(http://www.opry.com) or go to the events section on Tristan’s Facebook
page https://www.facebook.com/tristanmcintosh/. Cheryl Stewart Photo
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